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<p id="GUID-84BB734E-CAFD-4857-A8FD-83C984BEBDD8"> For in-panel widgets in a widget pool, the widget
behavior is controlled by the Controller widget, such as
HeaderController and PanelManager.</p>
<p id="GUID-B8DC9E27-4F48-4DE6-B9C6-967B8F51529A">The HeaderController widget  closes
other widgets/groups when a  widget/group is opened. It also can
open all widgets in the same group at the same time in one
panel.</p>
<p id="GUID-CCC39409-515B-4444-9F1B-0E35A9BF4745">The PanelManager closes other widgets
in the same group when a widget is opened.</p>
<p id="GUID-FA9BF3B2-A11D-4270-B666-9A676F0691E6"> As a result, if you want to open more than one widget
at the same time, here are the options:</p>

<ul purpose="ul" id="UL_2604BA53C9AD441EA7086B208CAF8264"><li purpose="li" id="LI_31E84CDDF22F40CFB49176A265949401">Use Dart or Launchpad theme added in Developer Edition 1.2. Both themes support  opening multiple widgets simultaneously.</li><li purpose="li" id="LI_50C804C619DC4AF5957073F7A72C4EBD">  Customize the HeaderController widget or create a new
controller widget that  will not close other
widgets/groups when a widget/group is opened.</li>

<li purpose="li" id="LI_2145B1C8E8854B8B92E100ECDC354C34"> Put some widgets in the widgetOnScreen section and
some in the widgetPool section.</li>
<li purpose="li" id="LI_CE7DBDCC6D9A45879A16662AEA2B94BC">Put the widgets in the widgetOnScreen's group and
configure a panel for the group. All groups in the widgetOnScreen
section open when the app loads.</li><li purpose="li" id="LI_296BBDA7DBD748659AE4CC4F0BCFE6E4">Make the widget off-panel and configure it
in the widgetOnScreen section. All off-panel widgets in the widgetOnScreen
section open when the app loads.</li></ul>
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